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AFFOREST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Establish a forest on previously unforested land

Example:

afforest the mountains

Synonyms:

afforest; forest

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "afforest" is one way to...):

plant; set (put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "afforest"):

re-afforest (reestablish a forest after clear-cutting or fire, etc.)

reforest (forest anew)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

afforestation (the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting))

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